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Caption:A man passes by a house on February 21, 2013 in the Bastos district of the Cameroonian capital Yaounde, where live seven members of a French family who were seized in a kidnapping allegedly carried out by Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram. French hostages seized in Cameroon are freed, according to a military source on February 21. The family -- a couple, their children aged five, eight, 10 and 12 and an uncle -- were snatched in northern Cameroon by six gunmen on three motorbikes on February 19 and officials said they had been taken across the border into Nigeria. AFP PHOTO / REINNIER KAZE (Photo credit should read Reinnier KAZE/AFP/Getty Images)

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A man passes by a house on February 21, 2013 in the Bastos district of the Cameroonian capital Yaounde, where live seven members of a French family who were seized in a kidnapping allegedly carried out by Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram. French hostages seized in Cameroon are freed, according to a military source on February 21. The family -- a couple, their children aged five, eight, 10 and 12 and an uncle -- were snatched in northern Cameroon by six gunmen on three motorbikes on February 19 and officials said they had been taken across the border into Nigeria. AFP PHOTO / REINNIER KAZE (Photo credit should read Reinnier KAZE/AFP/Getty Images)

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A man passes by a house on February 21 2013 in the Bastos district of... News PhotoAdult,Africa,Boko Haram,Cameroon,Crisis,District,Family,French Culture,Horizontal,Hostage,Islam,Kidnapping,Men,Militant Groups,Moving Past,Nigeria,Outdoors,People,Social Issues,YaoundePhotographer AFPCollection: AFP 2013 AFPA man passes by a house on February 21, 2013 in the Bastos district of the Cameroonian capital Yaounde, where live seven members of a French family who were seized in a kidnapping allegedly carried out by Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram. French hostages seized in Cameroon are freed, according to a military source on February 21. The family -- a couple, their children aged five, eight, 10 and 12 and an uncle -- were snatched in northern Cameroon by six gunmen on three motorbikes on February 19 and officials said they had been taken across the border into Nigeria. AFP PHOTO / REINNIER KAZE (Photo credit should read Reinnier KAZE/AFP/Getty Images)